1. First Semantic Search Engine?
Business search company ZoomInfo announced today the launch of what it’s calling the first-ever semantic search engine. But is it really?
Semantic search means different things to different people. They favor all technology that improves search results, but questioned whether any site could claim the title of “first” semantic search engine.
ZoomInfo comes up wid that:
ZoomInfo vice president of products and marketing Russell Glass enthuses that it’s “the first example of really disruptive value being created with semantic search and semantic technologies.” He said big search companies return results that are too broad to be helpful, and described traditional business information companies as “dinosaurs,” which rely on time-intensive data gathering.
The company’s mission is, after all, offering free detailed information about more than 3 million companies, including essential functions, contact information, and lists of major competitors. Basic searches for people within companies are also free, with a tiered subscription service for more detailed information on as many as 35 million individuals.
Source: Red Herring
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2. Are UI Innovations Enough?
Quintura is a clustering search engine, one of the Top 100 Alternative Search Engines chosen by Charles Knight. Quintura, like many other alt search engines, is focusing on user interface (UI) innovations - see our previous categorization of search engines here. The company recently closed an undisclosed amount of funding from Skype's investors, Europe's leading early-stage VC company Mangrove Capital Partners.
Many believe that it's nearly impossible to convince users to switch search engines due to user interface innovations only. However I spoke to Quintura CEO Yakov Sadchikov and he told me that one should start with user interface innovation, followed by providing users with more relevant search results on the first page.
Source
Google Scalability Conference
Business search company ZoomInfo announced today the launch of what it’s calling the first-ever semantic search engine. But is it really?
Semantic search means different things to different people. They favor all technology that improves search results, but questioned whether any site could claim the title of “first” semantic search engine.
ZoomInfo comes up wid that:
ZoomInfo vice president of products and marketing Russell Glass enthuses that it’s “the first example of really disruptive value being created with semantic search and semantic technologies.” He said big search companies return results that are too broad to be helpful, and described traditional business information companies as “dinosaurs,” which rely on time-intensive data gathering.
The company’s mission is, after all, offering free detailed information about more than 3 million companies, including essential functions, contact information, and lists of major competitors. Basic searches for people within companies are also free, with a tiered subscription service for more detailed information on as many as 35 million individuals.
Source: Red Herring
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2. Are UI Innovations Enough?
Quintura is a clustering search engine, one of the Top 100 Alternative Search Engines chosen by Charles Knight. Quintura, like many other alt search engines, is focusing on user interface (UI) innovations - see our previous categorization of search engines here. The company recently closed an undisclosed amount of funding from Skype's investors, Europe's leading early-stage VC company Mangrove Capital Partners.
Many believe that it's nearly impossible to convince users to switch search engines due to user interface innovations only. However I spoke to Quintura CEO Yakov Sadchikov and he told me that one should start with user interface innovation, followed by providing users with more relevant search results on the first page.
Source
Google Scalability Conference